This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution in
or into any jurisdiction if to do so would constitute a violation of
the relevant laws of such jurisdiction.
RECOMMENDED CASH OFFER FOR CENTROM GROUP PLC BY MAYMASK (15) LIMITED:
Closing of the Offer
21 May 2009
On 24 April 2009, the Maymask Board declared that all the conditions
of the Offer had been satisfied or waived, and that the Offer was
declared unconditional in all respects.
Maymask is pleased to announce that as of 1.00pm (London time) on 19
May 2009 valid acceptances had been received in respect of
172,952,215 Centrom shares, representing approximately 80.61 per
cent. of the entire issued share capital of Centrom.
As announced by Maymask on 13 March 2009, Maymask had received
irrevocable undertakings to accept (or to procure the acceptance of)
the Offer from certain Centrom shareholders in respect of, in
aggregate, 82,843,961 Centrom Shares representing approximately 38.62
per cent. of Centrom's entire issued share capital. The level of
acceptances of the Offer referred to above includes acceptances
received pursuant to such irrevocable undertakings. None of the
acceptances of the Offer referred to above were received from persons
acting in concert with Maymask.
On 27 April 2009 it was announced that it was anticipated that the
admission of Centrom's shares to trading on AIM would be cancelled
with effect from 7.00am on 29 May 2009.  When cancellation occurs it
will significantly reduce the liquidity and marketability of any
Centrom Shares in respect of which the Offer has not been accepted
and the value of any such Centrom Shares may be adversely affected as
a consequence.
Maymask now announces that the Offer will close at 1.00pm (London
time) on 5 June 2009, being 14 days from the date on this
announcement.
Centrom shareholders who have not yet accepted the Offer and who hold
Centrom Shares in certificated form are urged to complete, sign and
return the Form of Acceptance as soon as possible and in any event,
so as to be received by post or by hand by Capita Registrars,
Corporate Actions, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent,
BR3 4TU no later than 1.00pm (London time) on 5 June 2009. Those
Centrom shareholders to have not yet accepted the Offer and who hold
Centrom Shares in uncertificated form (that is, in CREST) are urged
to accept the Offer by sending (or by procuring the sending of) a TTE
instruction as soon as possible and in any event, so as to be settled
no later than 1.00pm on 5 June 2009.
All terms defined in the Offer Document have the same meaning in this
announcement, unless the context otherwise requires.

Enquiries:


Maymask
Hugh Blair, Managing Director                  +44 (0)7801 522 311

Ryecroft Glenton, Financial adviser to Maymask
Nigel Wyrley-Birch                             +44 (0)191 281 1292



Ryecroft Glenton is regulated for a range of investment business
activities by the Institute of Chartered Accounts in England and
Wales and is acting exclusively for Maymask and for no-one else in
connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to any person
other than Maymask for providing the protections afforded to clients
of Ryecroft Glenton, nor for providing advice in relation to the
Offer, the contents of this document or any other matter referred to
herein. Ryecroft Glenton can be contacted at its principal office, 32
Portland Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1QP.
This announcement does not constitute an offer or an invitation to
purchase or subscribe for any securities or the solicitation of an
offer to purchase any securities, pursuant to the Offer or otherwise.
The availability of the Offer to persons not resident in the United
Kingdom may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdiction.
Such persons should inform themselves about and observe any
applicable requirements of those jurisdictions.
The Offer is not made, directly or indirectly, in or into any
jurisdiction where to do so with constitute a violation of the laws
of such jurisdiction and, subject to certain exceptions, the Offer
will not be capable of acceptance in or from any such jurisdiction.
Custodians, nominees and trustees should observe the restrictions and
must not send or distribute this announcement in, into or from the
United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Africa or Ireland or
any other jurisdiction where to do so with constitute of violation of
the laws of such jurisdiction.

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